Exercising apparatus



Sept. 11, 1934. c. H, WILLNER EXERCISING APPARATUS Filed April 25, 1933Patented Sept. 11, 1934 '1" ri'wasserv I I v EXERCISING APPARATUS a CarlHenry Willner, .liur tle I I Application A ril'zs. 193.3. "s ria N40.

3 Claims. (01. 27-24517.)

- .*5 ner whereby beneficial action is imposed upon all parts of the:body;

- Another object of the-invention is to provide an apparatus ofthis'skind comprising an elongated rigid ,member or stickimounted in-a-manner whereby is obtained. both ipush and'pull resistancetherebyzproviding various exercises of sliding back and forth along thevmem'ber =or- :stick with the feet or ankles :of the person serving-as=a ifulcrum for the body. y An additional object. of the invention is.to provide anfiapparatus ofii'this kind: comprisingyan elongatedmember. or stick rthesurface of :which :is highly polished and whereinsuch member :or :Stlfik is of :such .a form as to allow thehandorzhandnfa user Ito-slide therealong withjnst enough grip -to allow easyf-rictiony'the grip :of the hfl;!'ld':,0l hands upon the memberzoristick controlling-the degree of tension on the muscles .as the:biody :of the person s'wa'y's'. '1 i A still further object of theinvention is to provide an apparatus of this kind employing an elongatedmember or stick together with means for connecting an end portion ofsaid stick to a suitable support and in a manner to allow swingingmovements of the stick in different directions so that when theapparatus is in use the, body of the person may sway in any direction orthe arms of the person swung in accordance with the desired exercise.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improvedexercising apparatus whereby certain important advantages are attainedand the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise moreconvenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fullyset forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter he definitelyclaimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will nowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawing,wherein:--

Figure 1 is a View in elevation illustrating an apparatus constructed inaccordance with an embodiment of my invention and in inactive po sition;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view partly in section and partly in elevationillustrating the apparatus extended for use, further positions of theelonouter portion of the ferrule or sleeve 9 is coneea sesgated:mernberor:stickbeing-diagrammatically in-:dicated:bybrokensl-ines; e

Figure -3 is :a' sectional view taken substantially onqthe line l3.--3of Figure 2,'a second position of the stick being diagrammaticallyillustrated by broken-lines 1 :Figure 4 ris..-a 'firagmentaryelevational view illustrating :a slightly modified iormof bracket.

In the aembodhnent of my invention as illustrated in vZFligu-res 1,:2and 3, B'adenotes a *bracket adapted to be securely anchored -orfastened 'toa migid' supporuasuch as ca wall, :door frame ior. the

like. This bracket B includes two outstanding :spaced ears:lzwhich'motatably support a shaft 2 bridgingltheispaoe betweensuchqears 1. 3 This 7 'shaitl;2.:at.zaiepomt substantially :midway ofthe ears 1 is provided. therethmugh with an opening -3 :friom maple'woodxailthoughiany other material can be employed which maybe used toadvantage. mt-is important, however, that the :surface of this member orstick S be highly polished but free -8 from paint or any other coating.This stick through the major portion of its length is of the samediameter and circular in cross section. The outer end of this member orstick S, however, is slightly reduced in diameter, as at 5, such reduc-5 tion being gradual and terminating in an outer enlargement or head 6,the greatest diameter of which being in excess of the diameter of themajor portion of the member or stick.

The opposite or inner end portion of the member or stick S is alsogradually reduced in diameter, as at 7, for a slight distance therealongand is also provided with a reduced extension 8 upon which is fixed aferrule or sleeve 9 preferably of metal. This sleeve or ferrule 9 asdisclosed in the accompanying drawing is held to the extension 8 byrivets 10 although any suitable means may be employed for this purpose.The

tinued by the outstanding spaced wings 11 adapti {no ed to straddle theshaft 2 and the pin 4 hereinbefore referred to is also freely insertiblethrough the openings 12 provided in such wings. By this means the memberor stick S may have swinging movement in a direction lengthwise of theshaft 2 which in connection with the rotary -movement of such shaft 2readily permits the member or stick S to have substantially universalmovement but without the member or sticn S having rotary movement aboutits longitudinal axis.

In practice, the bracket B is secured or an- In the use of my improvedapparatus the mounting of the member or stick Sis such as to affordresistance to the swaying of the body in both a push and pull directionalong the' member or stick S, the resistance to such movement beingdetermined by the grasp of the hand upon the stick. The highly polishedsurface of the member or stick S allows the hands of the person toreadily slide therealong and the eflicacy of the apparatus is materiallyincreased by the fact that exercises may be employed in connectiontherewith necessitating backward and forward or sidewise swaying of 'thebody and also permitting exercises wherein the armsmay be swung upwardlyand laterally. In other words, the apparatus herein disclosed permitsthe use ofa series'of ryhthmic. exercises'bringing into action all ofthe muscles of the body and to a, considerable extent those internalorganisms which should fromtimeto time also be exercised.

The head or enlargement 6 provides efiective means to prevent the handgrasping the'memher or stick S from entirely passing therefrom while thereduced portion 7 at the inner part of the member or stick S provides ameans to assure an effective gripping of the stick and especially inconnection with an exercise wherein the body is to sway rearwardly witha sliding movement of a hand or the hands along the member or stick S.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that anexercising apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention isparticularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience andfacility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will alsobe obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change andmodification without departing from the principles and spirit thereofand for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself tothe precise arrangement and for mation of the several parts herein shownin carrying out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:- 1. An apparatus of the class described comprising a bracketadapted for securement to a suitable support, a rotatable shaft carriedby the bracket, an elongated member along which the hands of a personare adapted to slide with frictional contact, spaced wings extendingfrom an end of said elongated member and straddling the shaft, and a'pininsertible through said wings and the-shaft whereby the elongated memberhasswinging movement in a direction lengthwise-of the shaft.

2. An exercising apparatus comprising an elongated member having apolished surface along which the hands of a person are adapted to slidewhile in frictional contact therewith,

and means coacting with an end portion of the member for mounting thesame upon a support 'for universal swinging movement and to hold themember againstsubstantial.endwise movement.

3.-An exercising apparatus comprising an elongated member having apolished surface along which the hands of a person are adapted to slidewhile in frictional contact therewith, and

means coacting with an end portion of the member for mounting the sameupon a support for universal swinging movement and to hold the mberagainst rotary movement about its longitudinal axis. I v r CARL HENRYWILLNER'.

